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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2015 2:27:06 GMT -5
We present to-day a little list - a selection - of some of the "com-posing" men with whose productions it is unnecessary to familiarize oneself. Your duty is to dump them and forget them! It is true that in some quarters they appear to be well received - well received, though, for no very good or conceivable musical reason. Can our clever members tell what they all have in common?:
Händel
Vivaldi
Haydn
Berlioz
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Verdi
de Bussy
Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger
Strauss (Richard)
Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern
Dr. Ralph V. Williams
Shockerknockoitch
Boulez
Had none of these men ever put pen to paper the course of music history would surely have been unaffected.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2015 10:49:24 GMT -5
According to Wikipedia, in classical music, during the nineteenth century a view developed that selected pieces from the common practice period formed a "canon" of the most important works. In the 2000s, the standard concert repertoire of professional orchestras, chamber music groups and choirs tends to focus on works by a relatively small number of composers, such as Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms. Many of the works deemed to be part of the musical canon are from genres regarded as the most "serious", such as the symphony, concerto, string quartet and opera. While women composers do have their works performed, almost all of the commonly-performed works in the standard concert repertoire are by male composers. Wikipedia - Western canon - In musicI suppose that the idea behind a classical canon is that you require a list! According to Wikipedia, Händel, Vivaldi and Haydn should not be on your list, Sydney! As for the rest, I suppose that we should challenge the canon! If we are looking for the most important works which have changed the course of music history, we should not be looking at composers at all, but their masterpieces. So why not Händel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Haydn's Creation? |
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Post by ahinton on Oct 22, 2015 12:44:39 GMT -5
"Com-posing"? Why the hyphen? And why no women? with whose productions it is unnecessary to familiarize oneself In your opinion, perhaps, but very few would share it. Your duty is to dump them and forget them! Mine is to do no such thing! It is true that in some quarters they appear to be well received - well received, though, for no very good or conceivable musical reason Again, in your view, perhaps, but that of very few others, I suspect. Can our clever members tell what they all have in common?: Händel Vivaldi Haydn Berlioz Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Verdi de Bussy Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger Strauss (Richard) Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern Dr. Ralph V. Williams Shockerknockoitch Boulez Had none of these men ever put pen to paper the course of music history would surely have been unaffected. Nonsense! And why full names for some but only surnames for others? I've never heard of the penultimate one. Why "de Bussy" and not "Debussy"? Why no "Vaughan"? Mon Dieu! |
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